The launch of Apple’s iPhone App Store is just around the corner - developers are saying their best guess is July 7, just before the release of the iPhone 3G on July 11.
Apple is putting a lot of pressure on application developers not to demo their apps until the App Store is live, so there is going to be a ton of press on the launch day talking about new applications. We have been shown a number of new apps under embargo, and have taken some video footage of our favorites to show on the launch day.
We have a better idea, though, to really help developers get the word out on launch day. Create a short video demo of your application and submit it to us below along with a description, link to the product, etc. (use either the iPhone emulator or just point a video camera at an iPhone to record the video). We’ll hold the information under embargo until the day the App Store launches and you are free to publicize the application. Then we’ll feature the best ones on TechCrunch and point to an iPhone app directory on CrunchBase where readers can view the demos and download the apps they like.
Please use the form below.
Upload Form:
There better be someone submitting a copy/paste app
Great idea!
Very clever Michael! I wish I had such a cool way to see all the iPhone apps before they’re allowed in the open. Very clever indeed.
Great idea!
I want to see what’s in the oven!
@bob — it’s well publicized that iPhone can’t run anything in the background, so I’m afraid that cut&paste can’t be a 3rd party add-on. Individual apps can include it, but that’s entirely up to their developers.
(unless someone has a very clever workaround)
-Andrew
Since Apple put the kibosh on allowing everybody to the app party, I have wondered how many apps will actually deploy. Does anybody know how many Apple allowed into the program?
Mike,
This is great! However, these ‘movies’ are going to be very large in file size. Do you really want us to upload 10 or 20 MB files, or can we reference a public URL to view the video?
Thanks
re: comment #4 (Ryan), I saw numbers like this:
about 250,000 have downloaded the SDK … 100,000 have applied to the developer program … and 4,000 have been accepted (at last count, anyway)
so, I would guess somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 apps might be up there on the AppStore when it opens
cheers,
Graeme
http://www.tech-surf-blog.com
sorry…I meant comment #7
Chad - yes, upload the file, it can be up to 2 GB.
you can’t upload it publicly per apple’s rules.
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How about a real PDF reader using some of that GB for local storage? Or notes that sync with the host PC. Or a scrobbler app that doesnt randomly skip days worth of songs.
Fuck video, screenshots!!!
Very cool - way to get ahead of the curve - you will have a db day one - how do we know you won’t break the embargo? Us developers certainly do not want to get into trouble with Apple.
how much do you think the Apple I pone 3g?
Hate to be the spoilsport, but submitting videos of to-be-launched iPhone SDK apps is a violation of Apple’s very strict NDA that all developers agreed to.
Embargo or no embargo, you’re violating an NDA submitting to TechCrunch.
Another example of the Maczealot media overhyping the JesusPhone.
@8:
Are you serious? 10-15,000?? There is no way there will be even 1000. Apple will not overwhelm people like that.
It would be difficult, if not impossible, to release an app that you hadn’t tested on the device. Even if 4,000 people were ‘approved’ that does not mean 4,000 people purchased the device provisions and of the percentage that did not all are serious developers, etc, etc, the slice of developers releasing an app shrinks to less than 100 on the first day the store is open. However expect Apple to have a steady roll-out policy.
Which recorder do you recommend to record the video, on the mac, from the emulator?
Ced
Ced, “Screenflick” is a good capturing tool.
Wow very cool in deed I cant wait to July 11 so i can get my iPhone, The app store is going to rock. Keep Up The Good Work Developers.
Well hey, the file uploader is currently broken, so I thought I’d take a minute to plug my iPhone game “Trism” directly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy0ptZisr70
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P2neGX0dBY
Thanks!
Why limit this to native apps only? My iPhone web app, TextOnPhone (textonphone.com) has 110.000 active iPhone users and growing. I know there is native app hype going on out there but I wonder how many iPhone native apps will have large user base as TextOnPhone does. Here is the video of textonphone iPhone web app http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWd8J8C3Gaw
And you can show it today, no embargo for 11th
Hi - looks like the upload form is offline?
great ideas to collect iphone apps. but i think if recommend an top 50 iphone apps list for iphone users , it will be better
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